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68/3484 Homosexuality Korte aenmerkingen En Consideratien met de daar toe dienende Justificatoire bylagen geformeert op de gehoudene Crimineele proceduiren by den Heere de Mepsche van Faen ten Regu 68/3484 [Homosexuality]. Korte aenmerkingen En Consideratien met de daar toe dienende Justificatoire bylagen geformeert op de gehoudene Crimineele proceduiren by den Heere de Mepsche van Faen ten Reguarde van veele personen, by hem betigt, geapprehendeert gevonnist en geëxecuteerd, wegens het Crimen van Sodomie (...). N.pl., n.publ., (±1732), 76p., folio. - Without binding. = One of the most notorious sodomy trials in Dutch history, resulting in the execution, after cruel torture and subsequent "confessions" of 21 accused men. Contains the official documents by the instigator of the trial, Rudolf de Mepsche of Groningen (partly written in his defence), testimonies for and against the accused, and complaints about De Mepsche's handling of the case. De Mepsche was forced to lay down his office in 1734 on suspicion of having started proceedings for personal profit. Extensively on the subject: L.J. Boon, 'Dien Godlosen hoop van menschen'. Vervolging van homoseksuelen in de Republiek in de jaren dertig van de achttiende eeuw (1997) (chapters 6 and 7 deal specifically with the trials in Groningen).